Posts Tagged Funcom
More office closures at Funcom today as part of their continued restructuring process. The Beijing Studio which handled the art for The Secret World and AoC has shuttered and the work will now move to their Raleigh, North Carolina offices. Recently The Secret World saw in increase of 400% in player activity after it went [...]
Posted 25 January 2013 | Comments Off
Earlier in the week we reported that Funcom are currently scalingback their staffing levels and this has effected the development cycle of the Secret World team. Due to the restructuring, Issue #2 of the MMO called “Digging Deeper” which was planned for an August release will now arrive on 11 September. As you may know, [...]
Posted 25 August 2012 | Comments Off
Funcom appear to be having a rough ride following news a few weeks ago of the drop in their stock price. The Secret World’s sales were also not as good as they had expected and it’s now time for the company to cut costs. Funcom’s Erling Ellingsen cofirmed the layoffs adding: ”It is true that we [...]
Posted 21 August 2012 | Comments OffWith The Secret World launching today, there is some other news from Funcom as CEO Arne Aas has relinquished his role as the company CEO. Aas is to remain as a strategic adviser to the board as well as chief strategy officer working on the recently announced LEGO MMO. Funcom’s COO, Ole Schreiner, will step [...]
Posted 3 July 2012 | Comments Off
Fucom has signed a ddeal with LEGO to develop a new MMO based on the LEGO minifigures franchise, which are unique special themes LEGO figueres. According to Funcom, thew new title will be made as accessible as possible and they will be working closely with the LEGO Group on the game. “The market for family-friendly [...]
Posted 28 June 2012 | Comments Off
